Making his way back to the base, Blood tells the scientists "back to the drawing board". His capsule had ejected from the rocket prematurely, landing him in the Australian outback only a few miles from Woomera, and the "alien" turns out to be a man prospecting for uranium. While exploring he is startled by what appears to be an extraterrestrial being, and then spots a used baked bean can. Three days later he steps out of his capsule onto what appears to be the moon's surface. Once their training is complete, the astronauts are flown to the Woomera rocket base and Blood takes part in what appears to be a completely successful launch. Cavor had invented 'Cavorite', a substance that blocked the force of gravity. He relates that when he was a young man, he met Professor Arthur Cavor ( Mark Gatiss) at Apuldram. Later, when Polly falls into a river and is in danger of drowning, Leo saves her but allows Blood to take the credit. In July 1969, 90-year-old Julius Bedford ( Rory Kinnear) tells young Jim (Alex Riddell) the story of two men who made the first journey to the Moon in 1909.
When the scientists realise that Leo is the saboteur they use a session in a sensory deprivation chamber to brainwash him into believing he is Blood's best friend. Leo becomes insanely jealous and tries to sabotage Blood's training, but he manages to survive the attempt. Pedro and the moon battle, and after Pedro is given a pardon from three stars, he is dropped back to earth into the arms of his sweetheart, who is glad to see him. Spurred by the news of the reward, he decides to continue his training so that he and Polly will be able to afford a new home when he returns. Synopsis Broken-hearted Pedro leaves a boisterous cafe after a jealous quarrel with his sweetheart and is picked up by a flying machine that takes him to the moon. When Blood meets and falls in love with an attractive stripper named Polly ( Field), he begins to lose his immunity. I have uncovered various pictures and transcripts of astronaut conversations from the Apollo missions that. Blood never really fits in with the others and, when a £100,000 reward is posted for the first man to land on the Moon, they seek to sabotage his chances and have one of their number selected instead. You may have read my Apollo hoax article elsewhere on this web site, where I believe that the Apollo footage that has been released by NASA seems to be a hoax. He undertakes training with three other potential astronauts, including Leo ( Gray), all more qualified for the job but without Blood's extraordinary resistances.
The truth is kept from him because of the danger involved. He makes a living working for medical researchers who are trying to find cures for various diseases and conditions (notably the common cold and seasickness).īlood is offered a job to become the passenger of a high altitude test flight by Dr Davidson ( Hordern), but the real job is to become the first man to land on the Moon. And don't be shocked to see that the beauty standards were absolutely different than today's - pale skin, dark hair, dreamy gaze, and super slim waists were the hits of this vintage style.William Blood ( More) is a man who appears to be immune to all known diseases, and possesses extraordinary resistance to heat and cold – a fact he puts down to his carefree, single life, never being worried by anything. A PCA seal of approval was granted to two of Premingers films in 1961, The Moon is Blue (1953) and The Man With the Golden Arm (1955).
The list was compiled by Vintage Everyday, who picked the vintage beauties out of their huge collection. The films court victory was one more indication that the influence of the Production Code was weakening. And to top it all of, for a brief time in the Edwardian era, nipple piercing was the biggest trend (again, check it if you don't believe me).ĭespite these absurd beauty trends, the era gave us some of the most beautiful women and emancipated ladies, on which you can read in our list of the 15 noteworthy dames of the time. Oh, and a faint smell of dame's sweat was deemed very desirable by young gentlemen and even got a name as 'bouquet de corsage' (literally 'smells of the bodice'). They have also smeared their faces with lead cream to make them look pale. For instance, the beautiful women of the Edwardian Era used Belladonna, a highly poisonous and even lethal plant, drops to make their pupils dilate, making the women look aroused (I'm not making this up, promise).